Posted: May 26th, 2017

Professor X argues that all psychological phenomena can be reduced to biological phenomena and that eventually it will be unnecessary to study Psychology as a separate discipline.

Professor X argues that all psychological phenomena can be reduced to biological phenomena and that eventually it will be unnecessary to study Psychology as a separate discipline. Is Professor X agreeing or disagreeing with Descartes’ mind-body dualism? How about Professor Y who argues that while some psychological phenomena can be reduced to biology, others can only be understood by examining the normative meaning systems in which a person lives? Explain your reasoning.